More than 170 team members at Wildman Business Group’s various locations recently participated in the company’s first annual Day of Service.

Evelyn Thompson recently joined the staff at Foltex USA, Columbia, SC, as the company’ s accounting specialist, according to a news release.

TRSA recently hosted a CEO/Executive Dinner in Washington, DC, following the 14th Annual TRSA Legislative Conference. This annual meeting facilitates information sharing among leaders of the linen, uniform and facility services industry’s largest organizations. Representing both public and privately held companies, the group discussed macroeconomic impacts on their businesses and shared insights into trends, pressure points and opportunities in the industry.

TRSA’s annual Industry Needs Assessment questionnaire will be distributed to members this week. The email will come from surveys@strategicinsightpartners.com. Responses guide TRSA’s identification of trends and opportunities, and evaluation of the association’s performance.

TRSA President & CEO Joseph Ricci appears on the latest episode of The Manufacturers Network Podcast, hosted by Lisa Ryan. During the podcast, Ricci shared his insights into the $50 billion U.S. linen, uniform and facility services industry, touching on its economic impact, sustainability efforts and future trends.

TRSA recently hosted its 14th Annual Legislative Conference & Industry Awards Dinner in Washington, DC. The conference was bookended by a Supplier Partner Workshop on the front end and Annual Hill Day meetings between industry executives and key congressional representatives to close the conference.

TRSA kicked off the 14th Annual Legislative Conference with a workshop designed for supplier partners on April 9 at the Madison Hotel in Washington, DC. Ben Kniffen, CEO of LinkedSelling, led the session with over 50 attendees and offered skills and tools that enable placing the right message in front of the right person through the right channels, and how to develop a sales process that ties everything together.

Evidence abounded on April 11 that advocacy has strengthened TRSA’s efforts to facilitate greater use of reusable healthcare PPE garments and to open our industry’s access to federal funding for PFAS pretreatment. TRSA members visiting Capitol Hill emerged from their 118 meetings in congressional offices confident that their collective dialogue resonated with policymakers.

NOVO Health Services’ Miami facility took home the TRSA Plant of the Year honor during the April 10 Industry Awards Dinner at the 14th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. This honor was bestowed among 60 awards to member companies and individuals present at the event in 11 categories of awards.

While laundry operators say their access to key commodities such as machinery and textiles has vastly improved since the COVID-19 pandemic, these companies as well as their supplier partners now face new obstacles. That’s the key takeaway from April’s cover article in Textile Services magazine.